BRILLIANT SUCCESS IN EAST AFRICA
ENEMY'S LAKE BASE AND PROPERTY DESTROYED. By Telegraph—Prcfs Association-Copyright London, June 28. The Press Bureau reports that the enemy's East African troops are active mi the Uganda bolder, west of Lake Victoria Nyanza. It was decided to destroy their base at Bukoba, on the western shore of tho lake. Detachments of Hie Royal Fusiliers, North and Africa Rifles' under Brigadier .1. 11. Stewart, left Ki.iimu (near Port Florence, on tho north-eastern shore of the lake). Aided by armed steamers, they Achieved a brilliant success. The fort, rhe wireless station, many boats, and two machincL'nns "ere destroyed, and a field gun and many riHct "'ere captured. 'I'll? Rfl.vol hiMHri'A siisaafj wsni <ha
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2501, 30 June 1915, Page 7
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